Today, Navigant (NYSE: NCI) announced the promotion of 11 professionals
to managing director.
“We congratulate these leaders, who have served clients with tenacity,
integrity, and excellence. By leading with purpose, they have found
innovative solutions to complex challenges that make a meaningful impact
for our clients,” said Julie Howard, chairman and chief executive
officer. “Each of these professionals is recognized for their knowledge,
strategic counsel, and leadership in the market. They are an important
part of Navigant’s success, and we look forward to their continued
contributions.”
Disputes, Forensics, and Legal Technology:
John Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa.
Byrne has more than 15 years of Navigant experience consulting within
the construction sector for a wide variety of client needs. He has
extensive experience in delivering large, complex engagements in the oil
and gas, power, and heavy civil industries, and has successfully managed
project teams on numerous multimillion dollar consulting engagements on
multibillion dollar construction projects in the U.S. and international
markets. Byrne joined Navigant from the construction industry, where he
managed many large, successful projects for both contractors and owners
in the heavy civil and petroleum markets. He is regularly involved in
our clients’ active construction programs, providing advice and guidance
surrounding risk management and mitigation efforts.
J. Mark Farrar, Atlanta, Ga.
Farrar joined Navigant in 2008 and he currently advises clients globally
on complex issues such as financial accounting investigations,
white-collar crime, off-label marketing allegations, Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act matters, False Claims Act damage calculations, violations
of the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, embezzlements, sales and
marketing compliance, global transparency laws and regulations, as well
as various auditing and monitoring assessments. For the past year,
Farrar has been serving as the interim global chief compliance officer
for a major medical device and diagnostics company, where he has helped
to build the compliance program and establish a global compliance team.
Energy:
Benjamin Grunfeld, Toronto, Ontario
Grunfeld is a trusted adviser to senior leaders across the energy sector
value chain globally, including utilities, independent power companies,
manufacturers, regulators, and governments. Since 2012, Grunfeld has
been a leading member of Navigant’s Global Energy segment in Canada, and
has worked to grow the Canadian business by over 30 percent annually in
each of the past three years. Grunfeld has consulting project experience
in the areas of strategy and operations, mergers and acquisitions,
project development and finance, regulatory economics, as well as energy
market and energy policy design. He is a recognized expert on the energy
sector in Canada and has served as an expert witness in regulatory and
civil matters.
Constantin von Wentzel, Burlington, Mass.
Von Wentzel joined Navigant in 2006 and has nearly 20 years of
manufacturing strategy and technical cost modeling experience.
Currently, he leads the Energy practice’s efforts in technology testing
and evaluation. He directs value engineering studies and
manufacturability evaluations to estimate the manufacturing costs of
components, products, and systems to determine least-cost design
solutions. Von Wentzel is the founder of Navigant’s test facility in
Woburn, MA, where his team performs laboratory tests on systems and
components used in buildings and industry to support the development of
new test methods and performance standards, and to calibrate analytical
models of product performance.
Gregory Wikler, San Francisco, Calif.
Wikler has more than 30 years of experience consulting in the energy
sector, including the last three years at Navigant. His work has focused
on demand-side resources, including energy efficiency, demand response,
distributed generation, and smart grid programs for the electric and gas
industries. During his career, Wikler has conducted national, regional,
and utility-specific market potential studies, technology assessments,
program designs, economic assessments, and evaluation studies. His major
clients include a number of electric and gas utilities and regulatory
agencies throughout North America. In addition, he advises a number of
foreign governments on demand-side strategies.
Financial Services, Advisory, and Compliance:
Kevin Caulfield, New York, N.Y.
Caulfield has more than 15 years of experience in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)
and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance, and has led large teams of
professionals in performing monitorships, regulatory compliance gap
analysis, and risk assessments of both domestic and foreign financial
institutions. He also has helped design AML policies, procedures, and
training programs for multiple large financial service companies. Prior
to joining Navigant, Caulfield was a director in a Big Four accounting
firm, where he provided BSA/AML services to financial institutions, as
well as performed forensic accounting reviews and fraud investigations
regarding the misappropriation of assets.
Patrick McArdle, New York, N.Y.
With 20 years of experience in regulatory compliance, consulting, and
law enforcement, McArdle specializes in BSA and AML compliance, fraud
prevention, and forensic accounting investigations. McArdle has been
selected to act as co-manager of the monitor team chosen by a regulatory
agency to oversee a large financial institution. He is specifically
tasked with the validation of the institution’s AML
transaction-monitoring program and systems, as well as its sanctions
program. Additionally, he leads a project on behalf of federal and state
prosecutors’ offices ensuring a financial institution adheres to its
deferred prosecution agreements. Prior to joining Navigant, McArdle was
a senior special investigator for enforcement at the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York.
Timothy Mueller, New York, N.Y.
Mueller is a member of Navigant’s Global Investigations and Compliance
practice. He leads the technology and data analytics team, which focuses
on assisting clients with selection, implementation, and review of AML
and sanctions screening technology platforms. His team works with
clients to: evaluate systems governance; review risk coverage for
transaction monitoring detection scenarios and sanctions name-matching
algorithms; perform system tuning to maximize effectiveness while
minimizing false positives; perform model validation projects for AML
and sanctions systems; and support data handling and analytics for large
scale file and transaction reviews.
Healthcare:
Ravi Degun, London, UK
Degun has more than 15 years of experience in healthcare and life
sciences consulting and R&D. His main areas of focus are R&D and
commercial strategy, market access/pricing and reimbursement, real-world
data. In addition he focuses on non-interventional studies for major and
emerging biological, pharmaceutical, and medical-device companies,
government, and the European healthcare sector. His background is in
medical research focusing on virology and immunology, and he spent four
years at leading medical research institutes and hospitals including the
Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research and
the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
Remi Kajogbola, Suwanee, Ga.
Kajogbola is a strategy-focused senior business leader with nearly three
decades of experience in healthcare consulting. During his three years
with Navigant, he has developed and led large, high-performance
organizations to solve complex and strategic challenges across
geographic regions. He is adept at providing clear direction and
leadership in a changing environment, with a thorough understanding of
the healthcare economics and market opportunities. Kajogbola currently
plays a leading role in Navigant’s growth by leveraging solutions and
collective experience to position the right experts and teams to address
strategic and operational challenges for select highly effective
provider clients.
Anne Smart, New York, N.Y.
Smart has more than 20 years of global leadership experience across the
healthcare industry gained from management positions in
biopharmaceuticals, hospital administration, and strategy
consulting. Since 2012, she has been a leading member of Navigant’s Life
Sciences practice and has leveraged her clinical background, industry,
and provider-side experience to transform Navigant’s market position in
the medtech industry. Smart currently supports medical device,
diagnostic, and health technology companies by developing innovative
market access strategies in both established and emerging markets. She
also has extensive experience in advising global medtech and private
equity companies in connection with business transactions and commercial
due diligence efforts.
About Navigant
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) is a specialized, global
professional services firm that helps clients take control of their
future. Navigant’s professionals apply deep industry knowledge,
substantive technical expertise, and an enterprising approach to help
clients build, manage, and/or protect their business interests. With a
focus on markets and clients facing transformational change and
significant regulatory or legal pressures, the firm primarily serves
clients in the healthcare, energy, and financial services industries.
Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and
technology/analytics services, Navigant’s practitioners bring sharp
insight that pinpoints opportunities and delivers powerful results. More
information about Navigant can be found at navigant.com.
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